Your handlebars are the most-touched part of your gravel bike — you’re gripping them for 6, 8, 10 hours at a stretch, and the shape and width of your bars affects everything from comfort to control to power transfer. The best gravel handlebars of 2026 have evolved significantly from road cycling roots, and choosing the […]
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Gravel base training is the foundation that every successful race season is built on. Before intervals, before race-specific work, before any intensity at all, you need a deep aerobic base — and the period between January and April is when that base gets built. Whether you’re targeting an early-season 50-miler or a late-summer 200, the
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Colorado is one of the great gravel riding destinations in the world. The combination of high-altitude forest roads, dramatic mountain terrain, and a dry riding season that stretches from June through October makes it a bucket-list destination for serious gravel cyclists everywhere. These are the best gravel routes in Colorado — from the accessible to
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Lachlan Morton doesn’t race like anyone else. While the gravel field has professionalized — scientific training, race radios, highly structured team strategies — Morton has carved out a singular approach to cycling that prioritizes experience over results, adventure over optimization, and deep human endurance over peak athletic performance. He’s also, when he chooses to compete,
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Bikepacking on a gravel bike is one of the best ways to experience long-distance cycling — the combination of drop-bar control, gravel capability, and a well-set-up bag system lets you cover enormous distances on dirt roads with less fatigue than any other format. But getting the setup right requires understanding weight distribution, bag compatibility, and
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The Mid South Gravel Race is one of the most beloved events on the American gravel calendar — and one of the most underrated. Set in Stillwater, Oklahoma in early spring, it’s the first major gravel event of the season, it draws a world-class professional field, and it consistently delivers dramatic racing across Oklahoma’s red-clay
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Rebecca’s Private Idaho is a gravel race unlike anything else on the calendar. Set in Sun Valley, Idaho — one of the most beautiful mountain valleys in the American West — it was founded by pro road cyclist Rebecca Rusch and carries her signature philosophy: challenge yourself, embrace the wild, leave the ego at the
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Your GPS computer is the nerve center of your gravel bike — navigation, performance data, training load, route tracking, and race timing all run through one device that you’re trusting to work for 10+ hours in mud, rain, and dust. The best gravel bike computers of 2026 have become more capable, more reliable, and —
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Gravel race recovery is the most neglected part of most riders’ training plans. You spend months building fitness, execute a race, and then — nothing. No structure, no plan, just a hope that you’ll feel better in a week or two. The science of recovery has become much clearer in recent years, and applying it
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Utah has some of the most dramatic gravel riding terrain in North America. From the slickrock landscapes of Moab to the alpine roads of the Wasatch to the canyon country of the south, the state offers a staggering variety of gravel experiences compressed into one geography. These are the best gravel routes in Utah —
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Sofia Gomez Villafuertes is the most dominant women’s gravel racer in North America. Born in Bolivia and based in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, she has turned her home-course advantage at SBT GRVL into a three-time championship and established herself as the standard against which all women’s gravel racing is measured. Here’s the story of how she
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Wet and muddy gravel riding is a skill, and it’s a skill that separates riders who can race in all conditions from those who wait for perfect weather. In the Pacific Northwest, the UK, and much of the American Midwest, you simply don’t get to choose — the gravel racing calendar doesn’t move for rain.
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